Personal Work | Darren Hull

09-03-10

An iphone kinda pic but taken with mrkII

I like this pic. There are so many angles going on. Maybe too many. Reminds me of something more suited for an iphone.. but a mrkII is all I had with me.

08-10-10

Melissimo

Words by KimAThomas

What better way to make use of a beautiful, sunshiny day than to pump it even more with good tunes (we have a lot of gangster rap fans around here…), a stunning model and a killer view. Darren, Natel and I were on location early afternoon to begin setting up for a day that took us well into the night. We were approached by Melice a few months back to help her create a modelling portfolio. After a few meetings with her, some shopping for outfits and props and a lotttt of brainstorming, we were able to put together a full, commercial shoot.

When creating this shoot, Natel and I wanted to give Darren a variety of different looks to work with. We were inspired by some photos of Tyra Banks, and with Melice and a great team behind us, we were able to create more than what we had originally entailed.

View the Shoot

For many of us, music is key when it comes to creating. It allows such a good energy to stir and really helps set the mood and the character of who we are trying to capture. The music allowed Melice the freedom to move naturally and if anything, the right headspace and motivation for the rest of us to keep the day running smoothly.

The preparation for the day was enormous. We had equipment set up all over the property (which was the back yard of a beautiful house overlooking all of Kelowna – pool included) and also had different scenes set up throughout the yard that were ready to go when we were. It didn’t take long before Darren and I were both in the pool, shooting and holding reflectors, (which I admit, on a 35 degree weather day was incredibly refreshing) trying to get the absolute perfect shot. Really, it was the huge amount of effort from the team we had that day that made the shoot so successful. I certainly love all the work we do and all the different shoots that includes, but I tell ya, it’s nice to be able to, every now and then, shoot something entirely different. It’s amazing to actually create something and then see it come to life.

Thanks again to everyone who helped with this shoot!
@dahul – Photographer
@tellinatellina – Producer and stylist
@kimathomas – Production and associate styling
Melice Bell – Model
@timfeeny – Videographer
Shani – Hair stylist
Jenny McKinney – Make up artist and stylist
Cairy & Richard – Location

07-08-10

Project:Melice

Yesterday Tim Feeny posted this shot of our shoot on Tuesday:
Hull-Melice

I thought it would be cool to sneak out a few of my view:

There will be much more coming from this shoot, as it moves into final post production.

This shoot would not have happened without the help of alot of people. I really can’t thank you guys enough for really making my job quite easy.

Shoot produced and styled: Natel Hull
Production and associate stylin: Kim A Thomas
Our Kick as model: Melice Bell
Motion and video: Limelight Studios
Make Up and stylin: Jenny McKinney
Location: Cairy & Richard
Catering: The Wedding Cafe

We have about 5 different looks all look amazing.

Photographer: Darren Hull

06-28-10

140Portrait Project (update) – Gary Vaynerchuk

It has been a couple of weeks since I came back from Calgary after shooting Gary V. The progress continues on the shoot edit as well as the gallery interface. Very stoked that @_ds is helping out with that. We wanted to make sure we had an appropriate way to house 140 images and make viewing enjoyable and above all … it had to be “simple”.

What is 140portraits? Simply – its a behind the scenes look of a person told in a 140 images. This project was inspired by Gary, and could not be more thrilled he agreed to take the journey. This is something I have been working on for about 9 months. There was no way this project was going to launch without him. I would have shelved it until the moons aligned. More information about the scope of this project will be on the site when it launches.

Until then here is a shot driving back from the airport after his talk, interviews and book signing…. right back to doing what he does! Work ethic is what I observed that day. I also have to say I came back with a larger flame to take care of some of my own business. Mad mad respect. If for some reason your not familiar with Gary visit his site: http://garyvaynerchuk.com/ .. and Gary, another Big Thanks man!